Nothing except he is important to Christians.
Followers of the Buddha are called Buddhists.
Christians are followers of Jesus Christ and first and foremost they believe in Jesus, and who He is, God Son.
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No analysis necessary. Buddha discouraged making statues or images of himself.
Jesus' followers believes/ed that he is the Messiah, something that Judaism does not believe.
Actually people are wooed to Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. When they believe on Him (believe that He died for their sin, was buried, and was resurrected) and become followers of Jesus they are then and only then Christians. You have to believe on Jesus before you become a Christian.
Buddhism evolved by that buddha shared his knowledge around Asia and the followers decided to become Buddhism. Today in 2012 there are not many people that believe in Buddha.
Thehttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_followers_of_Buddhism_believe_in believe in the teachings of the ancient Oriental teacher and religious scholar Buddha.
We believe that Jesus the Messiah is our savior and the son of god, and that he died on the cross to forgive our sins.
The Buddha held that it was not necessary to believe in gods in order to achieve enlightenment, but that his followers could believe in gods if they so wished. A great majority of Buddhists do believe in a creator god, whether the Abrahamic God, or another. It is certainly acceptable within some schools of Buddhism for their followers to believe in God, as the world's creator. ~That's correct. :-) I am a Buddhist, but I still believe in, love, and accept in my heart God. ^_^
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Because the local authorities and scholars did not believe Jesus was really the Son of God. This meant they disapproved of any followers - as being heretics.